Occupational Burnout in the Operating Room Staff in Teaching Hospitals: Affiliated Isfahan University of Medical Sciences in 2016

The personnel's of the operating room due to many contacts with patients are exposed to stress, which ultimately leads to burnout. The aim of this study is determining the extent of burnout in the operating room staff in teaching hospitals affiliated medical university of Isfahan in 2016 The present study is a descriptive-analytic study in Isfahan in 2016. The sample of study was 206 employees of operating room staff in Alzahra, Feyz, Kashani, Khorshid and Amin hospitals that they selected by simple method. Data was collected by “Demographic Data” and “Maslach Burnout Inventory” (MBI) questionnaires. Maslach questionnaire has three dimensions: Emotional exhaustion, depersonalization and personal accomplishment. Data was analyzed using SPSS software/23 and descriptive statistics and inferential statistics such as Anova , T-test and Multiple Linear Regression. The mean score of emotional exhaustion was (23.16±11.18), depersonalization (6.39±8.30) and the personality depersonalization respectively (63.27±13.86). There was a significant relationship between demographic variables and job burnout variable and its dimensions. There was no significant relationship between job burnout, emotional exhaustion and Personal accomplishment with demographic variables. But, there was a significant relationship between Depersonalization and demographic variables. The highest predictive for depersonalization was observed with education (MSC). Burnout affects the efficiency and performance of staffs in the operating room. Therefore, managers must provide programs to reduce the level of burnout for providing quality services and reduce costs.